Thursday, October 8, 2009

Employer-assisted housing (EAH) is often described as a win-win-win tool because employers, employees and the community each benefit. As the nation continues to seek solutions to the housing crisis facing our country, EAH presents itself as one proven tool to help recruit and retain productive, stable workforces and revitalize and stabilize neighborhoods.

The goal of the forum is to expand awareness of EAH as a proven housing solution among state and local leaders—including REALTORS®, REALTOR® association staff, business leaders, state legislators, city council members, other elected and appointed officials, and human resource and employee benefit professionals. This regional forum will also provide learning opportunities for housing planners, economic & community developers, practitioners and advocates.

Speakers for the event include:

Joe Canfora, NAR Regional Vice President for Region 2

Ed Collins, New Jersey Housing and Mortgage Finance Agency

Peter Elkowitz, Long Island Housing Partnership

Jim Flaherty, City of Philadelphia Commerce Department

Cynthia Karnai-Crossan, Delaware State Housing Authority

Dr. Lucy Kerman, Greater Philadelphia Urban Coalition

Mayor Michael Nutter, City of Philadelphia (invited)

Sharon Price, National Housing Conference

Ed Robinson, The Maryland Real Estate Team

Robin Synderman, Metropolitan Planning Council

Steve Wing, CVS

In addition, real estate professionals can maximize their regional forum experience by participating in the complimentary Home from Work™ continuing education credit class on Wednesday, November 18 from 1:00 PM to 4:00 PM, just one day prior to the main event. This class will outline the benefits of EAH and explain how to work with employers to assist them in implementing an EAH benefit plan at their workplace.

To attend one or both of these free events, make sure to Register Here. Please note thatregistration will close on October 30.

For more information, please contact Lynn Ross at the National Housing Conference at lross@nhc.org.

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About the National Housing Conference

Everyone in America should have equal opportunity to live in a quality, affordable home in a thriving community. The National Housing Conference educates decision makers and the public about housing policies and practices to move housing forward together. NHC convenes and collaborates with our diverse membership and the broader housing and community development sectors to advance our policy, research and communications initiatives to effect positive change at the federal, state and local levels. Founded in 1931, we are a nonpartisan, 501(c)3 nonprofit organization. NHC’s research team operated as the Center for Housing Policy until the organizations merged in 2013.